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New Huawei fears over Dutch mobile eavesdropping
Huawei was able to eavesdrop on all conversations taking place on one of the Netherlands' largest mobile networks, according to a Dutch newspaper report. Huawei staff both in ...
By Martijn Rasser
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After troops leave Afghanistan, U.S. will face challenges maintaining counterterrorism capability
The military and intelligence agencies are racing to refine plans for countering extremist groups in Afghanistan following President Biden’s planned troop withdrawal, but curr...
By Lisa Curtis
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Biden’s relationship with Israel shaping up to be less cozy than his predecessors’
The current Iran nuclear talks mark a defining moment for President Biden and the new, less-cozy relationship that is shaping up between Biden and Israel, its longtime leader ...
By Kaleigh Thomas
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On foreign policy decisions, Biden faces drag of pragmatism
President Joe Biden this past week found himself in search of a foreign policy sweet spot: somewhere between pulling a screeching U-turn on four years of Trumpism and cautious...
By Lisa Curtis
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US Policy Adviser Rebuts Peter Thiel: Bitcoin Won’t Undermine USD
A member of a Congressional group tasked with looking at the national security implications of the U.S.’s economic relationship with China said Thursday that bitcoin (BTC, -1....
By Yaya J. Fanusie
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U.S. Slaps Wide-Ranging Sanctions on Moscow—but Stops Short of Killer Blow
The Biden administration announced a sweeping package of sanctions on Russia on Thursday, including further restrictions on Moscow’s ability to tap capital markets and fresh d...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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EU mulls end to extradition treaties with China over Hong Kong electoral reform, but not every member state agrees
Under pressure from the United States and reeling from a blitz of Chinese sanctions, the European Union is preparing new measures to punish Beijing for sweeping electoral refo...
By Martijn Rasser
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U.S., NATO troops pulling out of Afghanistan will raise concerns for India, say experts
In the aftermath of the U.S. and the NATO withdrawing its troops from Afghanistan, India will have tremendous concern on the resurgence of the Taliban and its territory being ...
By Lisa Curtis
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Biden administration imposes significant economic sanctions on Russia over cyberspying, efforts to influence presidential election
The Biden administration on Thursday imposed the first significant sanctions targeting the Russian economy in several years in order to punish the Kremlin for a cyberespionage...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Edward Fishman
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France cuts two nuclear-powered submarines in half to make one new one
A French nuclear-powered submarine severely damaged by fire last year has been saved from the scrapyard -- by cutting it in two and welding the salvageable half to part of ano...
By CDR Thomas Shugart, USN
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‘Support Our Troops’ No Longer Automatic as Trust in Military Falls
Super Bowl flyovers, TV commercials celebrating veterans, yellow-ribbon bumper stickers: It’s long been reflexive for Americans of all political persuasions to “support our tr...
By James Golby
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‘No Victory Dance’: Veterans of Afghan War Feel Torn Over Pullout
Was it worth it? After two decades of midnight watches and gut-twisting patrols down bomb-riddled roads, after all the deaths and bloodshed and lost years, that was the one in...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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President Joe Biden Is Withdrawing U.S. Forces from Afghanistan. What Happens Now?
After nearly 20 years, more than 2,300 U.S. troops dead, more than 20,000 wounded, hundreds of thousands of Afghans maimed or killed and $2 trillion spent, President Joe Biden...
By Lisa Curtis
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Senate committee prepares to vote on sweeping bill to counter China
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is preparing to vote on a 280-page bipartisan bill that aims to counter the Chinese Communist Party's global influence. Why it matters: ...
By Lisa Curtis
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Joe Biden gives up on the war in Afghanistan, leaving a weak ally
The first American forces to enter Afghanistan in 2001 arrived on September 26th when a CIA team dropped into the Panjshir Valley in the north of the country. At the peak of t...
By Lisa Curtis
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Pentagon turns to the stars to survive China's electronic warfare
Every newly commissioned ship in the U.S. Navy's surface fleet carries a copy of Nathaniel Bowditch's "The American Practical Navigator" (1802) on its bridge. This thick encyc...
By Billy Fabian
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Following withdrawal announcement, battle to determine Afghanistan war’s legacy begins
The easy, obvious and probably inevitable legacy of America’s two-decade-long war in Afghanistan is the recognition that there are limits to U.S. military power, especially wh...
By Eliot Cohen
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Taliban Boycotts Key Peace Talks After U.S. Pull-Out Delay
Hours after the Biden administration announced that the remaining 3,500 American troops will return from Afghanistan by the twentieth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, a Ta...
By Christopher D. Kolenda
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With Afghan Decision, Biden Seeks to Focus U.S. on New Challenges
President Biden’s decision to pull all American troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11 was rooted in his belief that there is no room for continuing 20 years of failed efforts to...
By Lisa Curtis
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The Sullivan Model
Jake Sullivan, U.S. President Joe Biden’s national security advisor, has always loved a good debate. As an undergraduate at Yale University, he placed third in the nationals; ...
By Richard Fontaine